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New Study Reveals Ocean Life Could Face Mass Extinction

January 16, 2015 Posted by Contributor

ocean life could face mass extinction

A team of scientists from the University of California, Santa Barbara have analyzed the data from hundreds of sources and have concluded in a new study that ocean life could face mass extinction because of humans. The new research was published yesterday in the journal Science and Douglas J. McCauley, one of the authors of the study, believes that ocean life could face mass extinction in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: new study about ocean life, ocean life, Ocean Life Could Face Mass Extinction, ocean life extinction, Science

Breakthrough Prize Makes 14 World-Class Scientists $3 Million Richer

November 10, 2014 Posted by Contributor

While the Nobel Prize is sought after by the crème de la crème of scientists, in terms of sheer dollars, there is one award that is even more coveted than the Nobel. This year, the Breakthrough Prize bestowed $3 million each to scientists who made outstanding breakthroughs in mathematics, physics and life sciences. By comparison, the Nobel Prize awards $1.9 million less. The award was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: $3 million, breakthrough award, breakthrough prize, breakthrough prize winners, life sciences, mathematics, milner, nobel prize, physics, prize, Researchers, Science, science awards, zuckerberg

Scientists Revived a 700-Year-Old Virus from Ancient Caribou

October 29, 2014 Posted by Contributor

700-Year-Old Virus from Ancient Caribou

Scientists have managed to revive a 700-year-old virus from ancient caribou feces and used it to infect a living plant. This was done mainly to show that global warming could do the same to a plethora of other infectious viruses that are believed to be extinct. Genetic engineering has helped scientists replicate extinct viruses and study them. Because there was no way to preserve ancient … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: 700-Year-Old Virus from Ancient Caribou, 700-year-old virus frozen in caribou feces, ancient caribou feces reveal virus, Science

Three New Fitbit Fitness Trackers Released

October 28, 2014 Posted by Contributor

New Fitbit Fitness Trackers

Fitbit has released three new Fitbit fitness trackers yesterday, during the Fitbit media event. Long before smartwatches were popular, Fitbit was making a name for itself in the wearables market, with the introduction of the pocket clip-on Fitbit Tracker in 2008. It sensed the user’s movement and measured the number of steps taken. It combined this with user data to calculate distances and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: fitbit charge, fitbit charge hr, fitbit surge, New Fitbit Fitness Trackers, Science, Technology

Small Study Reveals that Cancer Drug Reverses Baldness

August 19, 2014 Posted by Staff

Cancer Drug Reverses Baldness

A small study whose findings have been made public, revealed that a drug that was used to treat a unusual form of leukemia had the peculiar side effect of reversing hair loss caused by alopecia. The study was published on Sunday, in the Nature Medicine journal. The drug in question is called ruxolitinib and it helps treat the inflammation that is caused by the disease. Apparently, it also helped … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: baldness, Health, news, Science, studies

Kilobots: Harvard Robots are the Future

August 19, 2014 Posted by Editor

kilobots harvard robots

The future is now! Researchers over at the Wyss Institute and the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, or SEAS have made public their most recent and impressive creation: autonomous robots that take simple orders to rearrange themselves into predetermined and highly complex shapes. This study which introduces these amazing little robots was published in the August issue of Science. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: harvard, kilobots, robots, Science, Technology

High-Definition Camera Offers Glimpse into Lives of Arctic Snowy Owls

July 3, 2014 Posted by Staff

Arctic snowy owls are as beautiful as they are elusive and difficult to observe in their natural environment. However, scientists recently installed a high-definition camera, whose purpose is to observe the lives of these rare birds. The device was put up at a nesting site in Alaska this week and it immediately went live. Now, both scientists and the general public has the unprecedented chance of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: live camera, research, Science, snowy owls, Study, wildlife

Study Explains How Electric Fish Developed Electricity Organ

June 27, 2014 Posted by Editor

Electric eel rears its head from behind underwater plant foliage.

Ever wondered how electric fish got their electricity producing organs? According to a new scientific report, published this week in Science, all the six different lineages of electric fish, which happen to have evolved independently from one another, made use of a single “genetic toolbox” to come up with their ability to generate electric power. The organ in question also helps them defend … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: charles darwin, convergent evolution, electric eel, electric fish, electricity organ, genetic toolbox, Science

Old World Monkeys Developed Facial Features to Discourage Hybridization, Says Study

June 26, 2014 Posted by Editor

Various species of Old World monkeys

A recently published scientific study explains that the faces of Old World monkeys have evolved in order to prevent members of this species from crossbreeding. The report, which appeared this week in the academic journal Nature Communications, explains that the evolution of the monkeys’ facial feature is a direct result of the specie’s goal to “strengthen reproductive isolation between … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: department of anthropology, Evolution, facial features, hybridization, old world monkeys, Science, Study, university of new york

Scientists Discovered New Technique To Measure Nanoparticles’ Mass

January 14, 2014 Posted by Staff

Measuring the mass of a nanoparticle is a complex job. Recently, MIT engineers have discovered a way to measure its mass. Measurement of mass of a nanoparticle would help the scientists in better understanding the functioning and composition of the nanoparticles. The new system developed is known as SMR-Suspended Microchannel Resonator. It measures the mass of the minutest of particles with a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: attogram, biological components of cells, MIT, nanoparticles, Science, Scott Manalis, smr, Suspended Microchannel Resonator, synthetic nanoparticles

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June 21, 2018 By Amelia Donovan

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